Posts by Partaria

YES. I can totally relate. It makes me feel victimized all over again, except this time, by memories. And I get down and always wonder- will I always be this way? Bah. It's terribly unfair.   I'm sorry you had that experience...

Oh that is so hard. I can hear how much you wanted a vaginal birth, and you worked so hard to get it.    I hear you when you talk about what that means in terms of your womanliness, your body's ability to perform what...

Oh mama. You have pain and regrets because even though your children are here and healthy, your dreams of the way you wanted to enter motherhood were lost. That is sad and a real grief. I'm sorry that happened twice to you. You are...

Regarding our birth stories being scary. Here's my thoughts on this. Can you imagine if we applied that to other places?    Oh, let's not teach airline pilots how to fly a plane with a damaged engine or wing. It might...

Here's my big issue with a lot of this. Birth isn't wine and roses for all of us. It's a bloody messy business. The fact of the matter is it is creation and a rite of passage so it's BIG. LIFE CHANGING. And not all changes and rites of...

Hi Mamas-   On March 16th another mama and I are hosting a storytelling show at Arboretum Cohousing. It's essentially an open mic (we want to hear your stories!) on the theme of "Mother Knows Best - Stories of Birth,...

What area in WI? If you are coming to Madison I can give you the names of some of our local CNMs who will attend an HBAC.

I wanted to share this incredible project with you all here in the HB forum.  This project, Homebirth Cesarean, is something I came upon when healing from my homebirth that ended in c/s nearly 20 months ago. My midwives were...

Oh mama. I am so so sorry that happened to you. It is a complicated thing to have the baby you dreamed of, wanted, and then to be grieving the loss of the birth you worked so hard to get. I can really relate to your feeling of failure,...

Yes, that's correct. Homebirth Cesarean refers to a planned homebirth that ended with babe being born in the hospital OR.